Sentences with phrase «michigan voter initiative»

In a 6 - 2 decision today in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (companion case Schuette v. Cantrell), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling and upheld a Michigan voter initiative that bans the practice of race - conscious admissions to the state's public universities.

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In California, Michigan, and Nevada, voters defeated initiatives that would have limited tax levels and prohibited state lawmakers from raising taxes without either a majority legislative vote or a public referendum.

The overwhelming defeat of private - school - voucher initiatives in California and Michigan last week shows that voters consider such proposals risky and that they would prefer to improve public schools from within the system, voucher opponents said.

The proposed initiative, called Fair Affordable Insurance Rates (FAIR), is backed by consumer groups the Consumer Watchdog and Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and requires 305,000 signatures of Michigan voters by May 26, 2010 in order to appear on the state ballot in November.